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I've always had a soft spot for this bike, what is the yellow V by the front hub?
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Still looks pretty nice imo !
increase in bike and component theft
Hexlox to secure some of the components? I find it reassuring locking down the seatpost saddle and stem / bars. I also bought on of their wheel nut things so I only had to lock one wheel with a d lock.
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Top notch beater. I really need to build something sensible for winter.
Has bike theft gotten worse recently? Last I heard nobody who'd locked their bike properly with a decent d lock had had anything nicked.
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Leeds used to be pretty safe in terms of leaving your bike, as long as you had a d lock you’d be alright. There’s been a big increase in bike and component theft over the past year and with winter coming I thought I would try and wintrify and beaterfy the Argos. It’s been in progress for a while with stem and post being replace with system x, put some spare gators on (protection from the glass strewn streets) and some bluemels I had spare from a previous project instead of the hammered VO guards I had on previously. Finally replaced the c17 with an old selle campionissimo. Hopefully it looks shit enough to fool the thieves.
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